/**
 *  Copyright 2007 Seyed Razavi
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 *
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 
 */
package starcorp.common.types;

/**
 * starcorp.common.types.BaseType
 *
 * @author Seyed Razavi <monkeyx@gmail.com>
 * @version 15 Sep 2007
 */
public abstract class ABaseType implements Comparable<ABaseType>{

	public abstract String getKey();
	public abstract String getName();
	
	public String toString() {
		return getName();
	}
	public int compareTo(ABaseType o) {
		String a = getName() == null ? "" : getName();
		String b = (o == null ? "" : o.getName() == null ? "" : o.getName());
		return a.compareTo(b);
	}
	
	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		final int prime = 31;
		int result = super.hashCode();
		result = prime * result + ((getKey() == null) ? 0 : getKey().hashCode());
		return result;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (this == obj)
			return true;
		if (!super.equals(obj))
			return false;
		if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
			return false;
		final ABaseType other = (ABaseType) obj;
		if (getKey() == null) {
			if (other.getKey() != null)
				return false;
		} else if (!getKey().equals(other.getKey()))
			return false;
		return true;
	}
}
